Early Childhood Caries and Its Association With Behavior in Preschool Children.

Background and aim Early childhood caries (ECC) is a profoundly impactful multifactorial condition that not only influences a child's overall well-being but also diminishes their quality of life. Given the limited availability of literature on the relationship between children's behavior and ECC, the present study utilized a standardized assessment tool to assess the association between ECC and behavioral changes in preschool children. Methodology Our study cohort consisted of 120 healthy preschool children, aged 18-60 months, evenly divided into two groups: caries-free (group I) and caries active (group II).

Does Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap Cause the Shoulder Morbidity: A Clinical Comparative Study.

The aim was to compare the morbidity of shoulder function following modified radical neck dissection with and without Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous muscle flap (PMMC) harvest in head and neck cancer patient to determine the effect of PMMC flap harvest on shoulder function and also to determine the effect of physiotherapy. Materials and methods: Prospective study involving two groups study group of 20 patients with MRND, with PMMC flap reconstruction as part of head and neck cancer surgery and control group of 20 patients who had undergone MRND(IJV & SAN sparing) without PMMC flap in same period were included. All patients were assessed at 3rd and 6th month following completion of surgery using subjective (Shoulder Disability Questionnaire) and objective (goniometer and manual muscle testing) parameters.

Evaluation of the efficacy of a novel antibiotic-steroid paste versus conventionally used intracanal antibiotic pastes and irrigating solutions against a 3-week-old biofilm of .

Introduction: Intracanal medicaments have been used during endodontic regenerative procedures to eradicate endodontic pathogens.

Aims: The aim of our study was (1) to evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy of a novel antibiotic-steroid paste over the regularly used calcium hydroxide (Ca (OH)), double antibiotic paste (DAP), and modified triple antibiotic paste (M-TAP) and (2) to check the antimicrobial efficacy of irrigating solutions, Chlorhexidine (CHX), and sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) against a 3-week-old () biofilm.

Materials And Methods: A total of 112 human extracted teeth were contaminated with for a period of 21 days.

Mandibulotomy Approach for Resection of Maxillary Tumours: A Clinical Review.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to assess the accessibility in the resection of maxillary tumours, resection margin status, and morbidity following maxillectomy through lip split with paramedian mandibulotomy approach.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of 20 consecutive patients who underwent maxillectomy with resection of primary tumours through lip split mandibulotomy approach with supraomohyoid neck dissection for maxillary tumours between 2008 and 2016. Patients details including the tumours site, extension and neck node involvement.

Are Facial Asymmetry and Condylar Displacement Associated With Ramal Height and Treatment Outcomes in Unilateral Condylar Fracture When Managed by the Closed Method?

Purpose: This study measured the mandibular ramal height in patients with unilateral condylar fractures managed by the closed method using elastic intermaxillary fixation. Its correlation with facial asymmetry and condylar displacement was assessed. This will determine whether the treatment outcome is in favor of the closed or open method.

Assessment of Proliferative Index Between the Tumor Margin, Center of Tumor, and the Invasive Tumor Front of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma With the Help of Mcm-2: An Immunohistochemical Study.

Aim: The knowledge of cellular proteins that involves cell cycle and its control system is essential for understanding tumor biology. Minichromosome maintenance protein (Mcm-2), a component of prereplicative complex, essential for initiating DNA replication, is deregulated in different malignant lesions, and is expressed throughout the whole cell cycle including the G0 and G1 phases. This characteristic cell cycle event is not found in other proliferative markers such as geminin, AgNOR, Ki-67, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen.

Assessment of condylar changes in patients with temporomandibular joint pain using digital volumetric tomography.

Objective. To evaluate the efficiency of DVT in comparison with OPG in the assessment of bony condylar changes in patients of TMJ pain. Methods.

Oral submucous fibrosis: a clinico-histopathological study in Chennai.

Background: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a precancerous condition associated with the use of areca nut in various forms. There are very few reports to correlate the clinical stage to histopathological grading in OSF.

Materials And Methods: A hospital-based study was conducted on 75 OSF cases who visited our hospital in Chennai from 2000-2003.